Acesa Conference

PROGRAMME DAY 1 – THURSDAY 10TH OCTOBER

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Time	Session
8.30 am – 9.30 am	Breakfast Networking
9.00 am – 9.45 am	Registration
9.45 am – 10.10 am	Welcome ACESA Chair and Conference Co-Chair Rosalind Carroll and Eileen Dunne, Conference Day 1 moderator. Opening Address Peter Burke TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
10.10 am – 10.50 am	Ireland’s Competitiveness and Its impact on delivering public services Frances Ruane, Chair, National Competitiveness & Productivity Council, non-executive member of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Board
10.50 am – 11.10 am	Tea and coffee
11.10 am – 12.30 pm	Changing Demographics and Their Impact on Public Service Delivery Moderator Eileen Dunne Panel Teresa Buczkowska, Migrant Political Participation Coordinator, Immigrant Council of Ireland Émer Deane, Assistant Secretary, British and Northern Ireland Affairs Division, Department of An Taoiseach Professor Patrick Paul Walsh, Professor, UCD, School of Politics and International Relations
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm	Networking Lunch
1.30 pm – 3.00 pm	Innovation & Risk in Delivering Public Services Moderator Declan Hughes, Secretary General, Dept of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Panel Marianne Cassidy, Assistant Secretary in the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform Denis Dullea, Ericsson Barry Kennedy, CEO, Irish Manufacturing Research Ruth Kennedy, Revenue Commissioner Brendan Tuohy, Chair, Eirgrid PLC
3.00 pm – 3.15 pm	Tea and Coffee
3.15 pm – 3.40 pm	Address Roderic O’Gorman TD, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
3.40 pm – 5.10 pm	Moderator Eileen Dunne Climate Change and Public Services Panel Oonagh Buckley, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Diarmuid Torney, School of Law & Government, DCU Mark Mellett, Vice Admiral (Rtd), Mark Mellett DSM PhD Sabrina Dekker, Climate Action Coordinator, Dublin City Council William Walsh, SEAI
6.45 pm – 7.30 pm	Drinks Reception
7.30 pm	Conference Dinner After dinner speech David Gillick. Olympian, European Champion, Author and Health Advocate

PROGRAMME DAY 2 – FRIDAY 11TH OCTOBER

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Time	Session
8.00 am – 9.15 am	Breakfast Networking
9.15 am – 11.00 am	Opening Address Introduction to Day 2 Brian Doherty, ACESA Vice Chair and Conference Co-Chair Overview of Public Service Transformation Sarah Glavey, Head of Public Service Transformation Policy, Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery & Reform Keynote Address Professor Mark Moore, Research Professor of Public Management, Harvard Kennedy School
11.00 am – 11.15 am	Tea and coffee
11.15 am – 12.30 pm	Public Service Value continued Case Study presentation and related workshop Facilitated by Professor Mark Moore
12.30 pm	Plenary Discussion
1.15 pm – 1.30 pm	Closing Remarks – Conference Chair